Improvement in buckles



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'LORENZO Doiw lconfess, or-sonno, MICHIGAN.

Letters latent No. 109,871, dated December-6, 1870.

IMPRQVEMENT'INBUCKLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Zlre'ttersV Patent and making part of the sanne.

To all whom' 'it muy concern Be it known that I, LORENZO Dow CowLEs, of Romeo, in the county of Macomb and State of Michiigan, have invented certain new and useful Improyements in Buckles or Clasps; and do hereby declare` that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawingv and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part 'of this speci'cat-ion.

The nature oi' my' invention consists in the con l struction and arrangement of a buckle or clasp, as

will be hereinafter full1 set forth.

A represents a bar'of suitable dimensions, towhich the strap B is secured,-as shown.

The bar A,although it may be rectangular, is made round, and provided at each end with a square hook, a.

In' thesehooks a a, under the bar, nieves a frame, C, one end of which is curved upward, the cross-barv at thisend being marked b.

The other end, B', of the strap B, ora-mother stra-p, is then passed' through the frame C, is-shown in 2.

gThe frame (l then slides iu the hooks a a, so as to conne the strap B between the bar b of the frame, and the bar A, to-which'the strap is attached.

Having thus fully described my invention,

`That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, -isvrlhe frame C, with one end bent upward, with its cross-bar?) and the hooked sliding bar A, all coustructed as shown and described. A

In testimony that l claim the foregoing, I have hereunto setmy hand this 6th day of October, 1870.

. L. D. GOWLES.

Witnesses;

JOHN FORD, J. L. STARKWEATHER 

